But regardless of labels, it all comes together in one aggressive melting pot known as hard rock. So scroll through the gallery below and see which albums helped to shape rock as we know it as we ...

Rock music first grew out of the rock’n’roll movement of the 1940s and 50s, which itself was inspired ... In the early 60s, California was a leading light of the electric guitar with a number ...

Louis in the documentary, Hail! Hail! Rock and Roll! It was the same theater that turned him away as a child because he was Black. See An Exploration of Smithsonian Collections Featuring African ...

Here are 10 more classic albums that redefined rock 'n' roll music. Fittingly ... The thematic depth explores disillusionment with the '60s counterculture, showcased in Townsend's ambitious ...